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From: D'Arcy J.M. Cain on 23 Feb 2010 06:33 On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:54:25 -0800 (PST) Joan Miller <peloko45(a)gmail.com> wrote: > *Sorry by this message off topic, but this is too important* Is it just me or has the spew from gmail on this list radically increased in the last week? Anyone else considering blocking all gmail posts to this list? -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy(a)druid.net> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner.
From: Grant Edwards on 23 Feb 2010 10:29 On 2010-02-23, D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy(a)druid.net> wrote: > On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:54:25 -0800 (PST) > Joan Miller <peloko45(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> *Sorry by this message off topic, but this is too important* > > Is it just me or has the spew from gmail on this list radically > increased in the last week? Anyone else considering blocking all gmail > posts to this list? I did that a long time ago for all of the Usenet groups I read and all but one of the mailing lists I read. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I'm wearing PAMPERS!! at visi.com
From: Grant Edwards on 23 Feb 2010 10:31 On 2010-02-23, Grant Edwards <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > On 2010-02-23, D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy(a)druid.net> wrote: >> On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:54:25 -0800 (PST) >> Joan Miller <peloko45(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> *Sorry by this message off topic, but this is too important* >> >> Is it just me or has the spew from gmail on this list radically >> increased in the last week? Anyone else considering blocking all gmail >> posts to this list? > > I did that a long time ago for all of the Usenet groups I read > and all but one of the mailing lists I read. Wait, I misread the posting. I block everything from google.groups, not everything from gmail. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I have accepted at Provolone into my life! visi.com
From: D'Arcy J.M. Cain on 23 Feb 2010 11:09 On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:31:12 +0000 (UTC) Grant Edwards <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> Is it just me or has the spew from gmail on this list radically > >> increased in the last week? Anyone else considering blocking all gmail > >> posts to this list? > > > > I did that a long time ago for all of the Usenet groups I read > > and all but one of the mailing lists I read. > > Wait, I misread the posting. I block everything from > google.groups, not everything from gmail. Yes, I did that a long time ago as well. But now there seems to be more and more actual spam coming from gmail.com itself. It may just be a minor blip on the spam graph but I'm keeping my eye on it. Most mailing lists that I am on are pretty good at filtering spam before it gets to the list. The only spam I ever see on my NetBSD lists are the ones that I moderate and I block them before anyone else sees them. A little more pain for me in return for a lot less pain for everyone else. I guess that's not possible on a list that is gatewayed to UseNet like this one is. Hmm. I wonder if all the spam is coming from the NG side. I'll have to look at that. One of the reasons that I stopped reading UseNet over ten years ago was because of the diminishinig S/N ratio. I have always felt that it was a mistake to gateway this group. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy(a)druid.net> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner.
From: Daniel Fetchinson on 23 Feb 2010 18:06
>> >> Is it just me or has the spew from gmail on this list radically >> >> increased in the last week? Anyone else considering blocking all gmail >> >> posts to this list? >> > >> > I did that a long time ago for all of the Usenet groups I read >> > and all but one of the mailing lists I read. >> >> Wait, I misread the posting. I block everything from >> google.groups, not everything from gmail. > > Yes, I did that a long time ago as well. But now there seems to be > more and more actual spam coming from gmail.com itself. It may just be > a minor blip on the spam graph but I'm keeping my eye on it. > > Most mailing lists that I am on are pretty good at filtering spam > before it gets to the list. The only spam I ever see on my NetBSD > lists are the ones that I moderate and I block them before anyone else > sees them. A little more pain for me in return for a lot less pain for > everyone else. I guess that's not possible on a list that is gatewayed > to UseNet like this one is. > > Hmm. I wonder if all the spam is coming from the NG side. I'll have > to look at that. One of the reasons that I stopped reading UseNet over > ten years ago was because of the diminishinig S/N ratio. I have always > felt that it was a mistake to gateway this group. And this has to do with python programming in what way? You, sir, are incredibly funny :) Just 5 minutes ago you declared in a nearby thread that > It isn't about the Python programming language so it is off topic. So > what if some members have an interest? We have interest in a lot of > things. We all have interest in the hardware that our programs run on > but questions about hardware are also off topic. > > Perhaps you don't quite grasp the point of topical discussion groups. > They are a way of letting individuals decide for themselves what kind > of discussions they want to be involved in. By spamming the group this > way you take away that freedom of choice. It's ironic when it is done > in the name of freedom. Touche! Cheers, Daniel -- Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown |